Lubumbashi
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Lu·bum·ba·shi
geographical name \ˌlü-büm-ˈbä-shē\Definition of LUBUMBASHI
city SE Democratic Republic of the Congo in SE Shaba pop 739,082
Variants of LUBUMBASHI
Lu·bum·ba·shi or formerly Elis·a·beth·ville \i-ˈli-zə-bəth-ˌvil\
Lubumbashi
geographical name (Concise Encyclopedia)City (pop., 2005 est.: 1,102,000), Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was established by Belgian colonists in 1910 near the border with Zambia and grew to become the centre of one of the world's largest copper mining and smelting operations. It was the centre of Katanga province's secession movement in the early 1960s.
Variants of LUBUMBASHI
Lubumbashi formerly (until 1966) Elisabethville
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